Battle?

"So you knew about the apocalypse thanks to your Chosen but forgot about it?"

"How come you forgot something so important?"

Father is more expressive than usual today.

"You see dear, being a good mom is more important than worrying about some inevitable apocalypse or whatnot."

Mom tightened her embrace on me to the point that she's literally choking me.

Damn

Boobs really are a dangerous weapon.

I can see my father giving me a glare.

Old man what's with that jealous glare?

Do you think I'm enjoying this?

Help me here you damn masochist.

Mom used her index and middle finger to attack dad's eyes.

Eek

Dad let out a cute scream.

Oh, that's painful.

That's what you get old fool.

"In the first place it wouldn't have slipped my mind if only you did a proper job as a father."

I can see father taking an invisible arrow as he stumbled backwards clutching his chest.

Mom also let go of me seeing that I've been having a hard time breathing.

Yeah, it's your fault you damn masochist.

I smiled at my dad's misfortune.

But

Why is he smiling?

Is he enjoying the pain?

Ignoring the old man's serious problem in the head I decided to change the topic.

"So, what now?"

I asked mom and dad looking straight in their eyes trying to gauge their reactions.

They look at each other as if having a serious discussion while only using their facial expressions.

Filipino style discussion eh.

"We can only prepare."

Mom replied in a serious tone.

I can see a cold glint of excitement in her eyes.

"Also training you is a must."

Father added which made my hair stand up.

Cold sweat dripping on my back.

My instincts are literally screaming.

This evil duke what is he planning.

"Basic hand-to-hand combat wouldn't help you much against monsters and such much less from powerful people who are a part of the Mystic Society."

Oh, so there's more of them.

That certainly is a problem.

And by how mom praised it the others don't seem so friendly.

Well, what did I expect from people who are in power.

I know for a fact that even mom and dad abuse their power, and they're a chaotic neutral in their alignment.

How about those of the chaotic evil.

Well, I would rather deal with a chaotic evil than a pure kind one.

While I didn't really hate hero who want to be hypocrites they're just very annoying at times like when they try to push their beliefs to the others.

Everyone has their own view point on things and I hated it when people try to push their own beliefs to others to the point that it is like brainwashing while ignoring and treating others who don't follow their teachings as heretics.

I really love destroying such kinds of people.

"Mystic Society? You've mentioned it earlier, what does it even mean, mom?"

I curiously asked mom.

The more information I get the better.

And mom seemed to catch up on my aim, so she decided to humor me.

Am that easy to read?

Whatever

Mystic Society was founded a few thousand years ago dating back centuries even before Christianity was founded.

No one really knows who established it or when it was implemented because no one bothered to record.

More like no one wants to remember that embarrassment.

It was through a supermassive contract spell that was cast upon the whole world that it was even possible for allies and enemies alike to respect the rules of the mystic society.

Its main purpose of its establishment was to minimize the destruction and the number of collateral damage caused by each individual and organization.

The casualties every time there's a considerable fight between individuals and groups possessing great power is no different from a nuclear bomb being unleashed.

So in order to minimize the casualties every time a big fight occurs and let civilization development Mystic Society was founded.

No one wants to repeat that time when humanity and other fantasy races almost went into extinction due to the unending fighting.

They didn't bother advertising coexist and peace as each and everyone who held power has their own agendas.

Coexistence between humans and non-humans was achieved, but coexistence among humans is impossible.

Humans are a race of chaos.

Good and evil sides continue to fight each other trying to suppress one other due to the difference in their beliefs and viewpoints.

After the sort yet fruitful explanation I couldn't help but admire the person who came up with such an idea.

Unfortunately, no one remembered the gentleman.

Or more like he was forgotten purposely.

The supermassive contract spell projects all the involved parties in an alternate mirror parallel of the world where they can do as they pleased avoiding direct civilian casualties.

During conflicts between Mystic Society members people whose power level doesn't exceed 20 points will disappear from the sights while the members' duke it out without the need to hold back.

Unfortunately, this function is not that efficient because the destruction committed on the other side perfectly reflects on the real world in the form of a natural disaster, accidents or by other means.

An example of these is when a building is destroyed on the other side, that building will also be destroyed in the real world and the people occupying the building during its collapse will be affected.

People who are in the area will still get injured or die in one way or another.

And nothing can be done about that.

The spell is not omnipotent.

Either way the spell will unfortunately lose its effect after the apocalypse descended because at that time everyone in the world will clearly be considered as part of the Mystic Society, people having less than 20 points in power will be rare.

Moreover, by any chance Akashi Records might even erase the spell for interfering with its job because such a massive spell clearly gets in its way.

…

After our short discussion at the dinner table mom and dad brought me to some kind of underground chamber in our house.

I didn't know we have something like this hidden under our basement.

They told me that I need training, that I can certainly agree.

However…

I'm too sleepy.

It's already 11 at night for gods' sake.

I told them about the time and their answer dumbfounded me.

"Time is irrelevant when it comes to training."

I deadpan to their ridiculous answer.

Damn, battle junkies.

.

"Attack me with all you got."

Mom told me.

I took a stance while mom just stood there giving me a gentle yet creepy look.

Is she underestimating me.

I guess it's understandable.

Well, let's surprise them.

I took a step forward and the next second our distance of more than 50 meters was shortened.

I can perceive the shock on mom and dad's faces which satisfied me.

I sent a palm strike straight to mom's abdomen, but she reacted fast grabbing my wrist and then slamming me on the floor, or it should have been.

I twisted my body strangely.

The Doppelgänger race allows me to do ridiculous things about my body.

!!?

My head rotated to my back scaring the shit out of mom that she let go of me.

I look like a character from a horror movie.

I used that slight opening to counter-attack.

My feet landed on the strangely hard marble floor.

I used the solid ground to earn a good amount of momentum springboarding my body straight at her.

!!?

Her eyes widen seeing my hands only a meter from reaching her face.

But just as I thought that I succeeded mom's own hands turned blurry moving at a speed? even my [Universal Sense] couldn't follow?

I was dumbfounded.

Unbeknownst to Kent and to Edna herself her title's effect that allows her to be unperceivable was unconsciously applied in her movements.

Something that she wouldn't be able to tell because to her all is natural but in truth in this short exchange she had grown in terms of mastery and proficiency quite a bit.

!!?

And next thing I know my face hit the cold hard floor.

Boom

"What was that move?"

I exclaimed in both shock and admiration.